Edith T.         Paternoster

Edith Tomasini Paternoster, 79, a homemaker, died on April 5 at St Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport.

Mrs Paternoster was a daughter of the late Benvenuto and Theresa Tomasini and was a lifelong Bridgeport resident.

Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Joseph Paternoster; two sons, Carl Paternoster and his wife, Lynn, of Newtown, and Paul Paternoster and his wife, Debbie, of North Carolina; a daughter, Frances Silano and her husband, Patsey, of Bridgeport; 11 grandchildren, Carl Paternoster and his wife, Teresa, Lisa Katz and her husband, Gary, Anthony and Michael Paternoster, Donna Klein and her husband, Michael, and Angela, Nina, Tina, Mia, Dina and Pat Silano; one sister, Mary Ferrando; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Gregory Tomasini, and two sisters, Susan Gentile and Renee Longo.

Funeral services took place on April 9 from the Abriola Parkview Funeral Home, 419 White Plains Road, Trumbull, and in St Patrick Church, Bridgeport, for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment followed in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Trumbull.

The Newtown Bee             April 11, 2003